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The dutch gouverment made the fleetplan of 1922 a law and despite opposition in 1923 and delay in the early 30ties will complete it after 16years. That is before the invasion of the Nehterlands in 1940.
Or execute the much moderate fleet plan of 1930 earlier which make all vessels in service before 1940.
The Dutch fleet after the Great war should be based around submarines as offensive weapon were the surface ships, destroyers had the task of scouts for the submarines and the light cruisers acted as protectors of the destroyers. Later this scouting task was completed or taken over by aeroplanes.
During the next decades the Dutch navy developed and evolved agressive submarine tactics to counter a Japanese invasion fleet of the Dutch East Indies.
Eventually after many excersises and trials and some technical adaptions, IOTL they become very advanced in this submarine tactic, where the submarines operated in divisions of 4 ships, which they called "roedel" tactic. This tactic closelye resembles the later German "rudell" tactics and the American "wolfpack'' tactics. Due to internal strategic and tactical disagrement of a certain group of naval officers who by the start of the 1940's reach key positions within the Dutch navy this much excersised tacktic was abandonned in favour for large surface units. The infamous project 1040 battlecruisers or cruiser killers. Surface ships which were nor flesh nor fish but but certianly extreem expensive and whith very doubtfull use agianst heavy Japanese surface ships. When the war eventually came to the East, the ''roedel''tactic was not only abandoned but the whole neavy was placed under British command, which at that time had a complete opposite view of the use of submarines and favoured heavy surface units.

Now..what if the Dutch remained whith their well trained "roedel" tactic. and with some extra boats.
The area's of operation for the submarines were they trianed to encounter a Japanese invasion fleet was nearly identical as were the actual invasion fleets landed.
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